Kurz-Bio:
Der Sänger, Schauspieler und Komödiant Al Jolson wurde am 26. Mai 1886 in Srednik, Governorat Kovno, Russisches Reich (heute: Serwedius, Litauen) als Asa Yoelson geboren und verstarb am 23. Oktober 1950 im St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Kalifornien, erst 64-jährig, an einem Herzinfarkt. 1894 emigrierte die Familie in die USA, nach Washington DC. Kurz darauf verstarb die Mutter und als der Vater neuerlich heiratete, flüchtete er mit seinem Bruder nach New York und verdiente sich als Schuhputzer und fallweise auch als Sänger sein Geld, um durchzukommen, bis er 1911 entdeckt wurde und damit seine Karriere echt begann.
Da sehr viele seiner Schellacks posthum als Vinyl-Singles neu aufgelegt wurden, war er neben seiner historischen Bedeutung auch für uns Vinylisten von großem Interesse.
Seine 45 RPM-Singles:
DECCA
11 45 ?? 50....9-23470....Album No. 9-9 (8 Sides — 1) AL JOLSON..April Showers (45-L 3913)/(8 Sides — 2) Swanee (45-L 3912)
08 46 ?? 50....9-23612....Album No. 9-9 (8 Sides — 3) AL JOLSON..California, Here I Come (45-L 4141)/(8 Sides — 4) Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (45-L 4140)
08 46 ?? 50....9-23613....Album No. 9-9 (8 Sides — 5) AL JOLSON..You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It) (45-L 4128)/(8 Sides — 6) Ma Blushin' Rosie (Ma Posie Sweet) (45-L 4126)
08 46 ?? 50....9-23614....Album No. 9-9 (8 Sides — 7) AL JOLSON..Sonny Boy (45-L 4142)/(8 Sides — 8 ) My Mammy (45-L 4127)
11 46 ?? 51....9-23714....Album No. 9-159 (8 Sides-1) AL JOLSON..Avalon (45-L 4269)/(8 Sides — 2) Anniversary Song (45-L 4370)
06 47 ?? 51....9-23953....Album No. 9-159 (8 Sides-3) AL JOLSON..All My Love (45-73916)/(8 Sides — 4) Keep Smiling At Trouble (Trouble’s A Bubble) (45-73917)
08 47 ?? 50....9-24106....Album No. 9-8 (8 Sides — 1) AL JOLSON..Waiting For The Robert E. Lee (45-L 4457)/(8 Sides — 2) When You Were Sweet Sixteen (45-L 4459)
08 47 ?? 50....9-24107....Album No. 9-8 (8 Sides — 3) AL JOLSON..Golden Gate (45-L 4458)/(8 Sides — 4) I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (Just Rolling Along–Just Rolling Along) (45-L 4441)
08 47 ?? 50....9-24108....Album No. 9-8 (8 Sides — 5) AL JOLSON..Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goo’ Bye) (45-L 4443)/(8 Sides — 6) Back In Your Own Back Yard (45-L 4440)
08 47 ?? 50....9-24109....Album No. 9-8 (8 Sides — 7) AL JOLSON..Carolina In The Morning (45-L 4444)/(8 Sides — 8 ) Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away) (45-L 4445)
?? 47 06 51....9-40038....Album No. 9-210 (8 Sides — 1) BING CROSBY And AL JOLSON With Orchestra Directed By Morris Stoloff..Alexander’s Ragtime Band (45-L 4386)/(8 Sides — 2) The Spaniard That Blighted My Life (45-L 4387)
12 47 ?? 51....9-40200....Album No. 9-209 (8 Sides — 1) AL JOLSON..Kol Nidre (45-L 4698)/(8 Sides — 2) Cantor On The Sabbath (45-L 4699)
01 48 ?? 51....9-24296....Album No. 9-159 (8 Sides-5) AL JOLSON..If I Only Had A Match (45-L 4570)/(8 Sides — 6) Let Me Sing And I’m Happy (45-L 4571)
03 48 ?? 51....9-24397....Album No. 9-158 (8 Sides — 1) AL JOLSON..I Want A Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad) (45-L 4584)/(8 Sides — 2) Where The Black Eyed Susans Grow (45-L 4442)
03 48 ?? 51....9-24398....Album No. 9-158 (8 Sides — 3) AL JOLSON..When The Red, Red, Robbin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along (45-L 4623)/(8 Sides — 4) Someone Else May Be There While I’m Gone (45-L 4622)
03 48 ?? 51....9-24399....Album No. 9-158 (8 Sides — 5) AL JOLSON..For Me And My Gal (45-L 4446)/(8 Sides — 6) When I Leave The World Behind (45-L 4621)
03 48 ?? 51....9-24400....Album No. 9-158 (8 Sides — 7) AL JOLSON..There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (45-L 4569)/(8 Sides — 8 ) About A Quarter To Nine (45-L 4456)
06 48 ?? 51....9-24456....Album No. 9-209 (8 Sides — 3) AL JOLSON..Hatikvoh (45-74539)/(8 Sides — 4) Israel (45-74540)
11 48 ?? 51....9-24518....Album No. 9-159 (8 Sides-7) AL JOLSON..By The Light Of The Silvery Moon (45-L 4585)/(8 Sides — 8 ) I Wish I Had A Girl (45-L 4620)
01 49 06 51....9-24534....Album No. 9-210 (8 Sides—5) AL JOLSON and MILLS BROTHERS..Down Among The Sheltering Palms (45-L 4845)/(8 Sides—6) Is It True What They Say About Dixie (45-L 4846)
03 49 ?? 51....9-24601....Album No. 9-209 (8 Sides — 5) AL JOLSON..I Only Have Eyes For You (45-L 4900)/(8 Sides — 6) That Wonderful Girl Of Mine (45-L 4901)
03 49 01 51....9-24665....Album No. 9-208 (8 Sides — 5) AL JOLSON with VICTOR YOUNG AND HIS ORCHESTRA..Just One Way To Say I Love You (45-L 5029)/(8 Sides — 6) Paris Wakes Up And Smiles (45-L 5030)
06 49 01 51....9-24667....Album No. 9-208 (8 Sides — 3) AL JOLSON with VICTOR YOUNG AND HIS ORCHESTRA..Some Enchanted Evening (45-L 5031)/(8 Sides — 4) AL JOLSON with Morris Stoloff and his Orchestra..It All Depends On You (45-L 5019)
07 49 ?? 50....9-24681....Album No. 9-4 (8 Sides—1) AL JOLSON with Morris Stoloff and his Orch. ..Pretty Baby (45-L 5017)/(8 Sides—2) (1) I’m LookinG Over A Four Leaf Clover (2) Baby Face (45-L 5018)
07 49 ?? 50....9-24682....Album No. 9-4 (8 Sides—3) AL JOLSON with Lee Gordon Singers and Morris Stoloff and his Orch. ..Give Me Regards To Broadway (45-L 5024)/(8 Sides—4) I'm Just Wild About Harry (45-L 5026)
07 49 ?? 50....9-24683....Album No. 9-4 (8 Sides—5) AL JOLSON With 4 HITS AND A MISS And Matty Malneck And His Orchestra..After You've Gone (45-L 5021)/(8 Sides—6) Chinatown, My Chinatown (45-L 5020)
07 49 ?? 50....9-24684....Album No. 9-4 (8 Sides—7) AL JOLSON With Morris Stoloff And His Orchestra..I Only Have Eyes For You (45-L 4900)/(8 Sides—8 ) AL JOLSON with Lee Gordon Singers And Morris Stoloff And His Orchestra..Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (45-L 5025)
02 50 01 51....9-24905....Album No. 9-208 (8 Sides — 1) AL JOLSON..God's Country (45-L 5346)/(8 Sides—2) Let's Go West Again (45-L 5345)
04 50 ?? 51....9-24971....Album No. 9-209 (8 Sides — 7) AL JOLSON..Remember Mother's Day (45-L 5347)/(8 Sides—8 ) My Mother's Rosary (45-L 5418)
05 50 06 51....9-27024....Album No. 9-210 (8 Sides — 3) AL JOLSON and ANDREWS SISTERS with Vic Schoen and his Orchestra..The Old Piano Roll Blues (45-L 5554)/(8 Sides — 4) Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (45-L 5555)
05 50 06 51....9-27043....Album No. 9-210 (8 Sides — 7) AL JOLSON..Are You Lonesome Tonight (45-L 5583)/(8 Sides — 8 ) No Sad Songs For Me (45-L 5584)
08 50 01 51....9-27181....Album No. 9-193 (8 Sides — 7) AL JOLSON..Oh Susannah (45-L 5743)/(8 Sides — 8 ) De Camptown Races (45-L 5744)
12 50 01 51....9-27363....Album No. 9-193 (8 Sides — 1) AL JOLSON..Beautiful Dreamer (45-L 5733)/(8 Sides — 2) Old Folks At Home (45-L 5741)
12 50 01 51....9-27364....Album No. 9-193 (8 Sides — 3) AL JOLSON..I Dream Of Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair (45-L 5742)/(8 Sides —4) Old Black Joe (45-L 5731)
12 50 01 51....9-27365....Album No. 9-193 (8 Sides — 5) AL JOLSON..My Old Kentucky Home (45-L 5732)/(8 Sides — 6) Massa's In The Cold, Cold Ground (45-L 5734)
01 51....9-27410....Album No. 9-208 (8 Sides — 7) AL JOLSON with Morris Stoloff and his Orchestra..I'm Crying Just For You (45-L 4899)/(8 Sides — 8 ) In Our House (45-L 4902)
DECCA - COLLECTORS’ CLASSICS
09 52....9-11044....1-716 AL JOLSON..Sonny Boy (45-L 4142)/My Mammy (45-L 4127) (23614)
DECCA
05 53....9-28697....AL JOLSON..When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along (45-L 4623)/I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (Just Rolling Along-Just Rolling Along) (45-L 4441)
10 57....9-30442....AL JOLSON..When Day Is Done (45-L 10165)/That Old Gang Of Mine (45-L 10161)
03 58....9-30600....AL JOLSON..Easter Parade (104,447)/Remember (104,448)
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Gerd
